Schedule/Shift: Monday - Friday 6:00a - 2:00p, flexible Key Functions Patient care • Assessment and care planning • Sets appropriate goals; including the physical, psychological, social, and continuing care needs of each patient; evaluates nursing actions to meet those goals; and makes recommendations for any changes. • Demonstrates effective bio-psycho-social assessment skills • Develops comprehensive nursing care plans based on nursing diagnosis and standards of care, clearly written with expected outcomes • Effectively utilizes nursing process in directing and providing patient care • Modifies plan of care based on ongoing patient assessment • Insures effective health teaching for patients and families • Insures comprehensive discharge planning relative to nursing care needs • Effective member of interdisciplinary team • Observes, documents and communicates patient responses and effectiveness of nursing intervention and medication; documents in patient’s medical record according to established policy and procedure • Insures safety by making patient and safety rounds according to policy, regularly assessing physical environments, and follow-up for identified concerns • Seeks constructive feedback from co-workers regarding performance, interpersonal relations, nursing skills and abilities; recognizes limitations through self-appraisal and peer review. Effectively utilizes management and clinical supervision • Supports and encourages constructive working relationship with program and other disciplines / departments while valuing opposing ideas • Responds to patients, staff and visitors in professional manner • Demonstrates good judgment and behavior appropriate to the hospital, including such characteristics as grooming and personal appearance, speech, and personal hygiene • Participates in performance improvement activities • Relieves charge nurse in his / her absence as assigned • Provision of nursing interventions • Demonstrates knowledge of medication action, mode of administration, side effects and contraindications by successfully completing annual medication examination. • Provides safe and timely administration of medication and prescribed treatments, insuring prompt reporting of all errors • Effectively engages patients in full participation of treatment program Hospital operations • Seeks opportunities to participate in hospital committees, performance improvement initiatives, and activities • Participates in orientation and training of students and new staff Education Required: BSN License/Certification: Current license to practice as RN in state of Texas Experience: Two years experience in psychiatric nursing